MAUREEN KIRK CHAIR

Supervisor District 3 JAMES JOHANSSON VICE CHAIR vice Mayor Oroville BILL CONNELLY Supervisor District 1 JANE DOLAN Supervisor District 2 STEVE LAMBERT Supervisor District 4 KIM YAMAGUCHI Supervisor District 5 ANGELA THOMPSON Councilmember Biggs SCOTT GRUENDL Councilmember Chico JERRY ANN FICHTER Mayor Gridley ALAN WHITE Councilmember Paradise

Members Present Maureen Kirk Chair James Johansson Vice Chair Jane Dolan Bill Connelly Steve Lambert Kim Yamaguchi JerryAnn Fichter Angela Thompson Ann Schwab Alternate Alan White
Members Absent Scott Gruendl

Nharc Prpcpn4 John Scott Angela Martin Max Griffen Rob Cone Robert Gustafson Craig Carter Mike Mendon Richard Alloway W James Wagoner Air Pollution Control Officer

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## Minutes ofthe 

# Butte CountyAirQualityManagement District Governing Board ofDirectors Meeting of

December 9 2010

Butte County Supervisor Vice Mayor CityofOroville Butte County Supervisor Butte County Supervisor Butte County Supervisor Butte County Supervisor Mayor CityofGridley Councilmember City of Biggs Mayor City ofChico Councilmember Town of Paradise

Councilmember CityofChico

Butte Environmental Council FourWinds Cal FireButte County Fire CPA

PPPOA Staff Present W James Wagoner Bob McLaughlin Robyn Sousa David Lusk Gail Williams Ursula Parker Greg Einhorn Air Pollution Control Officer Assistant APCO Admin Services Officer SeniorAQ Engineer SeniorAQ Planner AQ Compliance Specialist District Counsel



# Agenda Item 5

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Board of Director s Meeting Minutes December9 2010 Page 2 of6

1 Call to Order 

### Chair Kirk called the meeting to order at 10 55 a m at the City of Chico Council Chambers 421 Main Street Chico CA Chair Kirk announced thatthe Board memberand staff recognitions would occuratthe end ofthe meeting
4 Additions and Deletions to the ConsentAgenda There were no additions ordeletions to the consent agenda 5 Consent Agenda 5 1 

### ByConsentApprove minutes ofthe September23 2010 meeting ofthe Board ofDirectors 5 2 

### ByConsent Accept and File Activity Reporton Butte CountyAirQuality Management District activities 5 3 

### ByConsent Accept and File report on Financial Status Reportfor Fiscal Year20102011 5 4 

### By Consent Accept and File Status Reporton Calendarof Events 5 

### ByConsentAccept and File Status Reporton March toAugust2010AmbientAirQuality Monitoring Data 5 6 

### By Consent Approve amendments to District s permit amnesty program 5 7 

### ByConsent Accept unanticipated revenue and allocate toTake Care of OurAir program 5 8 

### By Consent Accept and File status reporton 20102011 voluntary Check BeforeYou Light program 5 9 

### By Consent Adopt proposed resolutions of appreciation recognizing the tenurewith the Districtof David Lusk and Armen Kamian to be presented ata future meeting 5 10 

### By Consent Approvethe survey disposal and release ofaccountability ofspecified District property
Action Requested Approve Consent Agenda Items 5 1 through 5

10 No Public Comment 

### Motion Approve ConsentAgenda Items 5 1 through 5

10 AYES 

### Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan motion Supervisor Connelly Supervisor Lambert Supervisor

Yamaguchi second Councilmember Thompson Mayor Schwab Mayor Fichter Vice Mayor Johansson CouncilmemberWhite NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT Councilmember Gruendl Motion Carries
6 Items removed from the ConsentAgenda for Board consideration and actionButte County AirQuality Management District

Board of Director s Meeting Minutes December 9 2010 Page 3 of6 There were no items removed from the consent agenda RegularAgenda 7 Receive Annual Audit Report Fiscal Year20092010 Robert Gustafson Certified Public Accountant presented the Audit Report for Fiscal Year 0910 Mr Gustafson stated that the auditwas classified as unqualified This is the highest level reportthat he can recommend There were no comments from the public ACTION REQUESTED Receive audit The Board took no action on this item PUBLIC HEARING Consider Adopting Proposed Recodification and Amendments to Regulation III and Rule 300 Open Burning Requirements Prohibitions and Exemptions Repeal of existing Rules 301 309 and Amendments to Rule 507 Burn Permit Fees Ursula Parker provided an overview of the proposed amendments 

### Many of the requirements proposed for residential burning have been required of agricultural burning for years Ms Parker also noted the supplemental 

### information report dated December 7th providing a summary of the proposed amendments and public outreach activities The proposed amendmentswould be effective March 1 2011 PUBLIC HEARING Opened at 11 06 a m Mike Mendon stated he is a resident ofthe unincorporated area within the Chico Sphere of Influence He requested the lot size for a residential lot be reduced to 0 75 0 5 or 0 8 acres 

### Craig Carter stated he is a fire behavior analyst He said he is not presented to speak in favor or opposition but provide some comments for consideration ifthe proposal is sent back to staff Mr Carter provided comments on the section on natural emissions policy and drying times He also said that smoke dispersion is poorestfor burning in November January and February 

### Richard Alloway stated that he is the manager of the Paradise Pines POA Mr Alloway supported requiring the 

### proposed burn zones in the Magalia area as soon as the burn ban is lifted He said the public will be confused by having open burning for 2 months then requiring burn zones He also said the POA board supported no burning during January and February PUBLIC HEARING Closed at 11 30 a m Board members discussed potentially prohibiting burning in the MagaliaUpper Ridge area during January and February Supervisor Dolan stated she wanted to see the amendments approved with the lot size within the Chico Sphere changed to 0

9 acres District Counsel Greg Einhorn responded that this is a substantive change thatButte CountyAir Quality Management District

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### would require the matter to come back before the Board Several Board members talked about the need to get burn amendments adopted that could be reviewed at a latertime for potential changes Supervisor Dolan stated that she wanted to see the amendments adopted but would like to direct staff to come back with an amendment 

### reducing the residential lotsize within the Chico Sphere of Influence to 0 9 acres by March ACTION REQUESTED Following a Public Hearing approve the revised resolutions repealing the existing 

### rules as specified and adopting the proposed amendments Motion I move to adoptthe amendments as proposed AYES 

### SupervisorKirk Supervisor Dolan motion Supervisor Connelly Supervisor Lambert Supervisor



### Yamaguchi CouncilmemberThompson Mayor Schwab Mayor Fichter Vice MayorJohansson CouncilmemberWhite second NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT Councilmember Gruendl Motion Carries Motion I move to direct staffto bring an amendment reducing the lot size in the Chico Sphere to 0 9
acres AYES 

### Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan motion Supervisor Connelly second Supervisor Lambert

SupervisorYamaguchi CouncilmemberThompson Mayor Schwab Mayor Fichter Vice Mayor Johansson Councilmember White NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT Councilmember Gruendl Motion Carries 9 PUBLIC HEARING Consider Adopting Proposed Recodification and Amendments to Regulation IV 

### Permits including Amendments to Rule 400 Rule 401 Rule 430 and Rule 432 David Lusk discussed the ongoing workto update District permitting rules forthe State Implementation Plan SIP The District has prepared draft amendments and is still awaiting complete comments from U S EPA and the Air 

### Resources Board Consequently staff requested the Board open the public hearing to receive comments and continue this item to the March 24 2011 meeting PUBLIC HEARING Opened at 11 40 a m There were no public comments ACTION REQUESTED Open a Public Hearing to receive comments and continue the hearing to the MarchButte CountyAirQuality Management District

Board of Director s Meeting Minutes December 9 2010 Page 5 of6 24 2011 Board meeting Motion 

### I move to continue the hearing as requested AYES 

### Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan motion SupervisorConnelly Supervisor Lambert Supervisor



### Yamaguchi CouncilmemberThompson MayorSchwab second Mayor Fichter Vice Mayor Johansson CouncilmemberWhite NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT Councilmember Gruendl Motion Carries 10 APCO Report 

### Jim Wagoner reported on the recent Sacramento Valley Basinwide Air Pollution Control Council meeting in Sacramento He also reported thatthe District office will be moving the weekend of December 17th with the new office opening for business Monday December20th There were no comments from the public ACTION REQUESTED Receive Report The Board took no action on this item 

### 2 Recognition ofOutgoing Board Members 

### Chair Kirk recognized outgoing Board members Vice MayorJamieJohansson and SupervisorJane Dolan 

### Jim Wagoner presented Vice Mayor Johansson with a plaque recognizing his service on the Butte County Air Quality Management District Governing Board MrJohansson made briefcomments 

### Jim Wagoner presented Supervisor Dolan with a plaque recognizing hermanyyears ofservice on the Butte County AirQuality Management District Governing Board spanning the period when the District was a county department underthe Board ofSupervisorsto an independentagencywith full representation from the five cities on the District Governing Board Supervisor Dolan made briefcomments 

### 3 Recognition of Retiring DistrictStaff MemberGail Williams 

### Jim Wagonerpresented SeniorAirQuality Planner Gail Williams with a plaque recognizing her 19 years ofservice on the staffofthe Butte CountyAir Quality Management District Ms Williams retires atthe end of December Ms Williams made brief commentsButte CountyAirQuality Management District

Board of Director s Meeting Minutes December 9 2010 Page 6 of6

11 Other Business There was no other business 12 Public Comment Period There were no public comments 13 ADJOURNMENT 11 50 am

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### esWagodherAir Pollution Control Officer I hereby attest that this is atrue and correct copy ofthe action taken by the Butte County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors on December 9 2010 ATTEST 

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